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WE BELIEVE! A simple message that says so much, and the chosen theme for the journey to Frisco, Texas.

The Montana men's basketball team returns to Dahlberg Arena Tuesday evening, at least unofficially. The team hosts Whitworth in an exhibition game Nov. 2 and Georgia State in its regular-season opener one week later, but Tuesday's Maroon-Silver Scrimmage will be Griz fans' first look at the 2018-19 squad.

The 2018-19 Montana women's basketball team, already the third for head coach Shannon Schweyen, will make its public debut on Tuesday when the program holds its annual Maroon-Silver scrimmage at Dahlberg Arena. The women's scrimmage starts at 5:30 p.m. The men's Maroon-Silver scrimmage will follow at 7 p.m. Both are free of charge to the public.

Fans' first chance to see the 2018-19 Griz and Lady Griz basketball teams is Tuesday evening. Both teams will participate in the annual Maroon-Silver Scrimmage inside Dahlberg Arena. The women will compete at 5:30 p.m., followed by the men at 7 p.m. Admission is free. Fans can also pick up their men's basketball season tickets at the event. Those interested can purchase season tickets, mini plans and single-game tickets now, either online or at the Adams Center box office.

If they didn't before, the league's head coaches have now fully appreciated the value of Montana guards Ahmaad Rorie and Michael Oguine. And why wouldn't they?

Montana turned the ball over on its first three possessions, all in the opening five minutes of the game, and North Dakota took full advantage on Saturday afternoon at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks. The Fighting Hawks went on to a 41-14 victory.

The #22 Montana Grizzlies head to Grand Forks on Saturday will be broadcast over the air and on cable systems statewide on your local FOX Montana station (except in Billings where the game will be seen on SWX, channel 8.2 and Spectrum channel 503).

Under head coach Bobby Hauck, the new-look Montana Grizzlies are set to travel to Grand Forks for the first time since 2014 for a pivotal matchup against a healthy Fighting Hawks team, still loaded with much of that talent that won a league title two years ago.

For just the fourth time in the history of Washington-Grizzly Stadium, Montana was on the losing end of a homecoming game, falling to Portland State, 22-20, on Saturday afternoon. The Vikings nailed a 52-yard field goal with 4 seconds remaining to upset the 14th-ranked Grizzlies.

Throughout the 2018 football season, GoGriz.com will bring you a Q&A with a senior player that first appears in the Grizzly Game Day Program. Today, meet senior safety Reid Miller.